A Y-12 insider’s account of the July 28, 2012 security breach and what followed

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A Y-12 insider’s account of the July 28, 2012 security breach and what followed

Author Steve Gibbs, a former security executive at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, holds a copy of his new book, “Behind the Blue Line: Protecting Our Nuclear Weapons Complex.”

It was late-night Friday, July 27, 2012, and Steve Gibbs was too excited to go to sleep. He turned on the TV to watch the opening ceremonies for the summer Olympic Games in London.

Earlier in the evening, Oak Ridge security guards had ratified a new six-year contract, and Gibbs was a hero. As deputy general manager of security contractor Wackenhut Services, he had gone head to head with negotiators at the International Guards Union of America and come away with an agreement. Not only did it prevent an immediate strike at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, the six-year term meant the contract would expire at a different time than other key government plants — thus eliminating the potential for a multi-site security crisis in the future.

Gibbs was euphoric, receiving congratulatory calls or messages from Washington, D.C. to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (Wackenhut’s corporate headquarters). He finally went to bed around midnight but still couldn’t sleep. By the time he did, he was awakened by a 5 a.m. telephone call that killed his euphoria and changed his life. Three individuals, including an 82-year-old nun, had defied Y-12’s vaunted security, cut through fences and reached an off-limits area where they protested the plant’s weapons work with spray paint and human blood.

“Driving to Y-12, I realized our company had gone ‘from the White House to the outhouse’ in less than eight hours,” Gibbs said in his self-published book that provides the first insider account of what took place following the unprecedented break-in.

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This entry was posted in B&W, NNSA, Plowshares, security, Y-12 on September 3, 2015 by Frank Munger.

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1. Book signing Sept. 20 at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.

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If you want to purchase Steve Gibbs’ book

Former security official Steve Gibbs’ new book, “Behind the Blue Line: Protecting Our Nuclear Weapons Complex,” is available in paperback at $20. Gibbs is still developing his book plans, but he has a book signing planned Sept. 20, 1-5 p.m., at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.

Gibbs can also be contacted via mail at P.O. Box 6412, Oak Ridge, Tn., 37831 or via email at [e-mail].

The 340-page book is subtitled, “My History in Oak Ridge from Guard to Senior Management.”